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I am picking up my TBA on Sunday and need to trailer it back here - about 2.5 hrs. I've got a U-Haul 9' trailer reserved. Thye told me their motorcycle trailer was built for "big bikes", but according to their web site, it is 96" inside length and the TBA is over 95" long.
So the question is - what is the best way to tie it down to a flat trailer? I have four ratcheting straps, but I am worried that I should have wheel chocks or something so it won't work it's way off-center and tip over. The problem is there is no way to secure the chocks other than friction, so I am back at the same problem.
Any experience, suggestions, etc. would be great.
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as long as it has hooks wrap it around the tripple trees with the bike pushed as far forward as you can and crush the front suspension. You wont have any problems.
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a carpeted block of wood under the frame. ratchet down the bike til it bottoms out on the block. ppl have laughed @ me but use 4 straps on the front & when hauling a bike. Ive heard it called overkill but it's my baby not theirs.
we should do this every weekend!
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Best way would be to have someone drive you out there then ride back  Soren
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Once the front fork is secure, you might be surprised at how stable it will be. That's not to say at a minimum, four straps are required, and more is better too. Like Yota does, four straps on the front is a good layer of redundancy. Straps are cheap - dented fuel tanks aren't. In a two straps on the front config, if one of two straps lets go, say, one of those fine and dandy Chinese strap buckles pops open or fails, it's all over but the cryin'.
Be aware that the top of the rear shocks is a tricky place to strap. I had one slide off there due to rough roads.
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On a flat trailer I would use 5 straps. Two on the front compressing the forks about 2 inches. Two on the rear, not necessarily compressing the shocks, but holding the bike good and tight. The fifth strap I run across the back through the rear wheel (adding a couple of loops). This will keep the rear wheel from moving side to side. You can also do the same for the front wheel, but if the forks are compressed properly it isn't really necessary.
Tom
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Hi @ all
Charge safety device is always very good. In the last winter have I mean transported TBA in the transporter with 2 belts to each side (with driven out side stand)! The fork - on the left and on the right; and at the shock absorbers on the left and on the right. Naturally there should be a delimitation forward in form of a front on-board wall, or other.
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Soren has the best idea. If you have to trailer 4 straps on the front 2 on the rear. I have visions of a bike tumbling down the highway after a tie-down breaks. Cant be to safe. I also run a strap through the rear wheel and around the rail. My trailer has a rail with wheel chock, and plenty of tie-down points.
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I have visions of a bike tumbling down the highway after a tie-down breaks.
I saw a bike that happened to, not pretty.
Stewart
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a carpeted block of wood under the frame. ratchet down the bike til it bottoms out on the block. ppl have laughed @ me but use 4 straps on the front & when hauling a bike. Ive heard it called overkill but it's my baby not theirs.
Make sure the wood is not under the oil cooler!
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I have visions of a bike tumbling down the highway after a tie-down breaks.
I saw a bike that happened to, not pretty.
Now I'll drive 20 MPH on I-95 the whole way back. The trip just became a five-hour dental appointment.
He was fun while he lasted.
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Best way would be to have someone drive you out there then ride back
Soren
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you will definetly need to keep the front tire from turning left or right, i have found that 2 pieces of 2x2 screwed to the floor (one on each side of the tire)will work just fine. but if you do not somehow secure that wheel from twisting....it will. maybe a strap thru the wheel wrapped around a rail would work, but you need to do something to keep that wheel straight!!!!!! trust me i found out the hard way yrs ago
ENJOY!!!!! NEWT!!!!!
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you will definetly need to keep the front tire from turning left or right, i have found that 2 pieces of 2x2 screwed to the floor (one on each side of the tire)will work just fine.
That's what I was thinking too!! Bring a cordless drill, some 2x4 chunks, and a handfull of deckmates.
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deckmates??? he aint on no stinkin' boat!
we should do this every weekend!
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a carpeted block of wood under the frame.
Approx dimensions?
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deckmates??? he aint on no stinkin' boat!
They are stronger than sheetrock screws 
Benny
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Approx dimensions?
Maybe a couple 2X4s stacked? Just big enough to slip under the bike when its upright, then so you can crank it down onto it.
Benny
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we should do this every weekend!
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2 2x4s plus 1 1x4, one of those for Raven. 3 2x4s, one of those for the T100.
They are out in the trailer and I am too lazy to go out and measure the length. Take a tape and measure the outside width of the frame. Add 1/2" to both sides.
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Phil- that is lazy. wait i didnt go check either. 
we should do this every weekend!
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